Honestly, I found that NOK CODE place almost immediately (like, literally 15 minutes after I hit the first actual town). Solved it, too. Cue one teleport, got a bunch of important things that I didn't have stolen from me, and then fought what I assume was the end boss, and got entirely destroyed (sort of to be expected

). Decided the game must be way buggy, and waited for a new release. I should probably grab that now, and give this a new go at it...